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1960154 pages. Features: Incredible two-page colour ad for Green Giant canned vegetables, featuring the bottom half of the Green Giant himself; Many great full-page ads for products such as Avon cosmetics, Pond's lipstick, Wabasso bedding, Carnation Milk Powder, Pond's ad featuring Elsa Martinelli, Pacific canned milk, Crane plumbing fixtures, Arborite, GE appliances, Heinz tomato products; The Quiet Revolution of Chinese Women - article with photos; How Close are We to Test-Tube Babies? - article by Christina McCall Newman; The Queen's Other Family - Recently Elizabeth added her husband's name to her own, and thereby raised a question - just who are her in-laws? - a scattered family the world hears so little about? - article with photos; House-Warming - story by Jean Loggie; How the Kesners Came to Canada - Jo and Fred Davis are involved in bringing a refugee family to Canada; - photos and article; Have Gun Will Shoot, by Sheila MacKay Russell; Death Comes to the Island - novel by Florence Ford; A Chatelaine Guide for Women Who are Going back to Work; Dos and Don'ts of Dressing for the Job; Special 14-page Homes '60 section featuring decorating news, housing, furnishings, etc.; Ad for Minute Spanish Rice inside back cover. Nice colour photo Red Rose tea ad on back cover shows lady in white dress pouring tea. Somewhat above-average wear. Chips from backstrip. Binding intact. A worthy copy particularly worthwhile for its lengthy illustrated 1960 Home Fashion section. Book
197311" x 8.5" x 0.75". "Contains articles prepared exclusively for the Loggers Handbook together with the official proceedings of the 63rd session of the Pacific Logging Congress and the condensed reports of its six regional conferences prepared by their respective secretaries." - from title page. Articles include: Archie W. Rafter; Moving Logs in British Columbia Waters; Renewing Productivity on Forest Brush Lands; Natural and Man-Caused Slash in Headwater Streams; Precision Logging - Management of the Future Forest; A History of Railroad Logging; Effects of Logging on Small Streams in the Thorne Bay Area of Southeast Alaska; The Tango; Forestry in Austria; Logging Engineering; Intensive Management of Coastal Douglas Fir; and more. Also includes many great contemporary logging equipment advertisements. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. Nice copy with illustrated boards and endpapers. Book
1965Features: Our scramble to keep India's atom peaceful; Former Canadian diplomat, Arnold Smith, is newly elected first secretary-general of the Commonwealth - with photos; To Hell and Back - an anonymous writer's tale of alcoholism and drug addiction; The real meaning of dreams, by Ben Rose; Sweet Song of Success - Features story on Ian and Sylvia, with photos; Quebec's new Power Elite - Claude Morin, Arthur Tremblay, Guy Fregault, Louis-Phillips Pigeon, and Jean Deschamps; Sunday Driver - Commercial Artist and Canadian Racing Driver of the Year, Al Pease races his MGB; Is the Canada Council Squandering Your Money?; Talking with insects and animals (like dolphins) to learn how to talk to other worlds; Tai Chi - a new health kick, a thousand years old; Gerald Stevens on Canadiana. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1962Features: Article on how 1,300 BC doctors are 'cutting the cancer toll'; Corruption - a modern manual of Graft in Civic Office; Nice colour full-page ad for the Pontiac Parisienne Sports Sedan; The Hidden Kingdom of B.C.'s Holy Terrorists - The 3,000 Sons of Freedom may be losing their grip on 9.000 more peaceful Doukhobors; Lovely colour photos of seasonal wildflowers; What Thinking Machines are doing for us, and to us; Cuba's program to export revolution - William Eccles' notes after two months inside Castro's camp - many great photos; How Wade Hampton found his feet - on crutches - the disabled former ski champ now heads a company of 50 handicapped employees; There's more in whiskers than meets the eye. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1945Photos include: The capture of the capital of Saar; Naval pictures from the Pacific Ocean; New pictures from the battle-line in Germany; Fighting in Mandalay; photos from the Russians; Coblenz (Koblenz) and Remagen; Massive captured German rail-mounted guns; The German citizen and the war; Iwo Jima conquest completed; The R.A.F. attack in Burma, Yugoslavia and Norway; Photos of the great 10-ton bombs of the R.A.F.; British scenes in field and shipyard; and more. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
1930Features: Aluminum and its hard-boiled alloys; Super magnetic fields; Influence of the coconut on Philippine industrial life; Birds of a bleak arctic island; Fragmentary molecules of the sun; Beautiful bridges on new rail line - exceptional engineering problems on European railway; Sinanthropus - the Peking man; Coney Island's museum - the first institution designed to show play-reaction; Six great institutions now have naval R.O.T.C.; Linemen of the sea - with the men who splice broken transatlantic cables; Features of speed queen The Europa - faster than the Bremen; Is there an ether?; Better days for aviation; Tangled commerce abides where children smoke and swim - Manus are the pack peddlers of the pacific; Moving a substation underground; Power from the earth's hot interior?; Athens Broadway; an ancient bakery; Light furnishes Ballroom decorations. Camel cigarette ad on back cover features several suave temptors and a temptress. Top inch of spine missing. Cracks to spine. One inch tear to fore-edge of front cover. Significant overall wear. Book
1972Rare memento of this early high-speed endeavour to connect passengers travelling between Vancouver and Vancouver Island by sea. Claimed to connect downtown Nanaimo with downtown Vancouver in just over 45 minutes; downtown Vancouver to downtown Victoria in under one and a half hours. Light wear. Few pencil notes. Undated. Circa 1972. Book
1977Signatures of Author and V.C. recipient George Pearkes upon title page. 388 pages including notes, index and black and white photographic plates. George R. Pearkes was decorated with the Victoria Cross in World War I, led Canada's Pacific Command in WWII, and served as Defence Minister in the Diefenbaker administration. He was deeply involved in the highly charged and hotly debated decisions of the cold war era, including Bomarc, the Avro Arrow, NATO, NORAD, and provisions for civil defense, and his views on them will be significant to those interested in Canadian political and military history. Moderate to average wear. Partial lean to spine. Usual library markings. Solid copy. Book
1930Pages 189-276 plus 10 pages of wonderful vintage advertisements. Features: Nice one-page photo ad for the Royal Bank looks down the busy street of a large Canadian city; Nice illustrated half-page ad for The Film & Slode Co.'s "Filmo" movie Camera; One-page colour reproduction of Margaret Lougheed's painting of Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park; Adventuring on Baffin Island - article by J. Dewey Soper features photos of sled dogs and full-page photo portraits of Inuit men "Putaguk" and "Powlusik"; Memories of the Mountains - a profusely photo-illustrated article by Mrs. J. A. Wilson about her travels in the Canadian Rockies; Grand Manan - Island Gem of the Maritimes - article with photos and one-page map; Motor-Vagabonding on Vancouver Island - article with dozens of vintage photos from many parts of the island; The Great West Festival at Calgary - photo-illustrated article, including one-page photo of Mrs. William Blyth and her tapestry which took twenty years to make!; Vintage one-page ad for the 1930 Canadian National Exhibition (CNE); Nice back cover Canadian Pacific ad for its Banff service features reproduction of colour painting by A. Sherriff Scott showing a crimson-clad Mountie gazing down upon the Banff Springs Hotel. Average external wear and soiling. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage item. Magazine
1945288 pages. Features: One War to Go - The Coming Fight with Japan; U.S. Meat in This War - how boneless beaf solved the logistics of meat for the first time; Philips of Eindhoven - The big Dutch electrical company, in the U.S. to stay, shows no signs of changing its cartel tactics; The New Transport Planes - Consolidated Vultee's Clipper - the state of the art, how we got here, and what's in the future; The Bogey of Economic Maturity - Washington spenders claim capitallism is moribund; Commander Eugene F. McDonald of Zenith; The Medal - today's heroes are heirs to the great tradition of Pisanello; The Military Police - bully boys in the last war, this time they have won the G.I.'s respect; Battle for the Philippines - the U.S. settled the battle of the Pacific; and more. Many excellent vintage ads in color and black and white, perhaps being the one-page War Loan ad which features photo of Admiral Hirohito on horse, with inset photo of Admiral Halsey who has expressed his desire to ride the Emperor's horse, Shirayuki. Another great color ad by International Harvester shows U.S. troops storming Pacific beach with title "Till The Japs Say Uncle"; Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. Spine lean. A worthy vintage copy of this sensational WWII-era issue. Book
1898Anchorages on the North Coast of Tubuai Island From the latest F rench Government Chart. Tubuai Island From the latest French Government Charts. London Published at the Admiralty, 25th Feb. 1898, under the Superintendence of Rear Admiral Sir. W.J.L. Wharton, Hydrographer.Small corrections: 1923. Autore: Admiralty Charts. Luogo: Tubuai Islands - Pacific Ocean. Anno: 1898 [1923]. Tecnica: incisione. Dimensioni: 627x460 mm
900Guadalcanal and Florida I.s with a portion of Malaita I. The South coast of Florida I. and North coast of Guadalcanal including Savo I are from Surveys by Commander R.W. Glennie and the Officers of H.M. Surveying Ship "Sealark", 1910-12, the remainder of the work is from various rough and imperfect sketch surveys of earlier date. West coast of Malaita I and Alite Reef, adjusted to positions determined by Lieut. Com. R.L. Hancock & the Officers of H.M.S. "Sealark", 1914. London Published at the Admiralty, 6th Nov. 1893, under the Superintendence of Captain W.J.L. Wharton, Hydrographer. Large corrections 10 th Jan. 1930. Interesting map of Guadacanal in which the capital Honiara is missing because it will be constructed only afet the second world war. Folded editorially. Autore: Admiralty Charts. Luogo: Guadalcanal - Solomon Islands - Pacific Ocean. Anno: '900. Tecnica: incisione. Dimensioni: 658x983 mm
1907Passes and Anchorages in Tuamotu or Low Archipelago. In the left side of the chart insert of Rarola Pass and Anchorage From the French Government Survey, 1904, Makemo I.N.E. Pass and Anchorages From the French Government Survey, 1874. With additions from the United States Government Survey, 1899. In the upper middle part of the chart insert of Tahanea I. Passes From the French Government Survey, 1902. London Published at the Admiralty 9th July 1907, under the Superintendence of Rear Admiral A. Mostyn Field, Hydrographer.Small corrections: 1920. Folded editorially. Autore: Admiralty Charts. Luogo: Tuamotu Islands - Polynesia - Pacific Ocean. Anno: 1907 [1920]. Tecnica: incisione. Dimensioni: 619x977 mm
900Pekoa or Segond Channel and Wawa or Bruat Channel Surveyed by Lieut. & Commander H.E. Purey Cust, Assisted by Lieutenants W. Pudsey-Dawson, F.C. Pasco & A.E.H. Marescaux H.M. Surveying Ship "Dart", 1892. London Published at the Admiralty, 15th Jan. 1894, under the Superintendence of Captain W.J.L. Wharton, Hydrographer. It is interested to note that on the Island of Espiritu Santo the city of Luganville is missing it will be constructed after the Second World War. Small corrections: 1922. Folded editorially. Autore: Admiralty Charts. Luogo: Espiritu Santo Island - Aore - New Hebrides Islands -Pacific Ocean. Anno: '900. Tecnica: incisione. Dimensioni: 965x651 mm
900Santa Cruz I.s - Santa Cruz I. by Admiral Bruny D'Entrecasteaux 1793 Duff Group by Capt. J. Wilson of the Ship Duff 1797 Vanikoro I.s by Capt. Dumont D'Urville 1828 Swallow Group by Nav. Lieut. T.C. Tilly R.N. of the Mission Schooner Southern Cross. In the right side of the chart insert of Carlisle Bay Sketch by Lieut. H.R.M. Williams, H.M.S. Torch, 1897 and Graciosa Bay From a French Gov. Survey 1888. In the lower part of the chart insert of Mohawk Bay By Lieut. A.C. Scott, Assisted by Lieut. P. Robarts. H.M.S. Mohawk, 1898. London Published at the Admiralty 21st Febr. 1870, under the Superintendence of Capt. G.H. Richards, Hydrographer.Small corrections: 1929. Autore: Admiralty Charts. Luogo: Santa Cruz Island - South west Pacific Ocean. Anno: '900. Tecnica: incisione. Dimensioni: 634x474 mm
900Solomon Islands From All available information in the Hydrographic Department to 1931. In the left side of the chart insert of Gazelle Harbour From the German Government Charts to 1919, Gizo Anchorage by Lieut F.J. Rendell & Nav. Sub. Lieut J.W. Brown 1875. London Published at the Admiralty 7th July 1874, under the Superintendence of Captain F.J. Evans, Hydrographer. Small corrections. Folded editorially. Autore: Admiralty Charts. Luogo: Salomon Islands - Pacific Ocean. Anno: '900. Tecnica: incisione. Dimensioni: 660x990 mm
1750réf. 2180[], [], [1750 ca]. In-4 de 8 pp., cartonnage moderne.
New York, Charles Scribner´s Sons, 1899. 4to. mayor, XIII - 412 pp. Con 43 láminas fotográficas, 3 planos y dos mapas plegados. Encuadernación original en tela estampada, fatigada. El autor fue vecino de Robert Louis Stevenson en Samoa entre 1890 y 1893 en que como alma itinerante partió hacia la Polinesia Oriental en busca de islas vírgenes. A su vuelta a Sidney se topó con Louis Becke quien le habló de una isla que llamaba Venecia cubierta enteramente por la jungla y situada "en el mar de las pequeñas islas". Es así como fue a parar en las Carolinas, sobre las que escribió éste primer libro, fascinado por su belleza y por el misterio de las ruinas monumentales de Lele Island. . Cabe recordar que el año de publicación de esta obra España había vendido las islas a Alemania.
1989réf. 2801989 - broché - Published by CTA - Produced and designed by Chayce Publications - Printed by E.P. Lowe Ltd. - 1989 - In-8 (24 x 18 cm) broché - 93 pages- ISBN-10 : 9290810572 ISBN-13 : 9789290810575 - Ouvrage en anglais - This volume is one of nine agricultural bibliographies. Other books in the Agricultural development in SADCC countries include: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe - The Southern African Centre for Cooperation in Agricultural Research (SACCAR) is a unit of the Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC). It was established at Gaborone, Botswana in 1984 to provide a centre for the promotion of regional cooperation in agricultural research and the development of research manpower and training.
1785réf. LBW-2858[1785]. 237 x 173 mm.
1774réf. LBW-2851[1774]. 235 x 464 mm.
1774Carta geografica tratta dall'atlante della relazione di James Hawkesworth "Cartes et figures des voyages entrepris par ordre de sa Majesté Britannique pou fair des découvertes dans l'hémisphère méridional; exécutes par Byron, Carteret, Wallis & Cook dans les vaisseaux le Dauphin, Le Swallow & l'Endeavour" pubblicata in più edizioni di lingua francese, inglese, olandese ed italiano. Incisione in rame, in ottimo stato di conservazione. Map of the atlas is the report by James Hawkesworth "Cartes et figures des voyages entreprise par ordre de sa Majesté Britannique pou fair des découvertes dans l'Hémisphère southern exécutes par Byron, Carteret, Wallis and Cook dans les vaisseaux le Dauphin, Le Swallow & Endeavour "published in multiple editions of the English, French, Dutch and Italian.A map of Tahiti and the surrounding islands discovered by Wallis, Carteret and Cook in the years 1765, 1767 and 1769.The map shows Maurua, Tubai, Bolabola (Bora Bora), Otaha, Ulietéa and Huaheine. This group of islands was identified by Cook in 1769 when he wrote in his journal, "So call'd by the Natives and it was not thought advisable to give them any other names but these three together with Huaheine, Tubai, and Maurua as they lay contiguous to one another I have named Society Isles."
1780Carta geografica tratta dall'atlante della relazione di James Hawkesworth "Cartes et figures des voyages entrepris par ordre de sa Majesté Britannique pou fair des découvertes dans l'hémisphère méridional; exécutes par Byron, Carteret, Wallis & Cook dans les vaisseaux le Dauphin, Le Swallow & l'Endeavour" pubblicata in più edizioni di lingua francese, inglese, olandese ed italiano. Incisione in rame, in ottimo stato di conservazione. Captain James Cook (1728-79), explorer, circumnavigator and hydrographer. Three voyages, 1768-71, 1772-75 and 1776-79. From 1778 on printed editions of ' Captain Cook's Travels' appeared in English, Italian, French and Dutch. A map of the Society Islands. From a Dutch edition of "Cook's voyages". Copper engraving. Traces of the original folds. Perfect conditions.
1909réf. 5081909 Paris, Flammarion, s.d. (1909), In-4, pleine percaline polychr., tranches dorées (signée Engel), 512 pp. Illustrations in texte de G. DUTRIAC, certaines pleine page. L'intérieur frais. 2 coins légèrement émoussés. Bel exemplaire.
1833réf. LBW-5464[Paris, 1833]. 220 x 335 mm.
